Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series Announced

by Lyle Smith June 18, 2020

written by Lyle Smith June 18, 2020

Intel has announced the Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series, the company’s 2nd-gen high-performing, persistent memory tier for 3rd-gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors on 4-socket platforms. The new line of PMem is quoted to deliver an average of 25% more in memory bandwidth compared to the last generation, 12-15 watts of thermal design power (TDP), and is available in capacities up to 512GB.

Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200

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Platforms that are optimized for 3rd generation processors can support one Intel Optane PMem 200 series module per channel (and up to six on a single socket), meaning it offers up to 3TB of PMem per socket and total memory capacity (with DRAM) of 4.5 TB per socket. It also features data persistence for memory, where data remains in PMem after both planned and accidental restarts. This helps to eliminate unnecessary data reloads for less down time and fewer losses from system outages.

Intel Optane 200 PMem Benefits Intel indicates the following ways Intel Optane PMem 200 series will improve key data center metrics:

Increased CPU utilization and utility of each server
Increased application throughput with more memory capacity
Increased VM density or support more services and users
Support for larger in-memory databases without prohibitive price tags
Improve business resilience for systems with critical data
Consolidate server footprint, reduce software licensing costs, and maximize return on enterprise investment

The Intel Optane PMem 200 series also leverages Application-transparent AES-256 encryption for data at rest, which secures data in persistent memory with no software code changes and minimal impact on performance.

Intel adds that the Optane PMem 200 series will help users to attain more data to be extracted from larger data sets, bringing a lot of utility to each server. In addition, in-memory databases can access more data at “DRAM-like speeds” and workloads processing massive data sets, continuously without repeatedly loading and storing data locally.

Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series Specifications

SKU⁺	128 GB		256 GB		512 GB
USER CAPACITY⁺	126.7 GiB		253.7 GiB		507.7 GiB

ENDURANCE 100% WRITE 15W 256B	292 PBW	497 PBW	410 PBW
ENDURANCE 67% READ; 33% WRITE 15W 256B	224 PBW	297 PBW	242 PBW
ENDURANCE 100% WRITE 15W 64B	73 PBW	125 PBW	103 PBW
ENDURANCE 67% READ; 33% WRITE 15W 64B	56 PBW	74 PBW	60 PBW
BANDWIDTH 100% READ 15W 256B	7.45 GB/s	8.10 GB/s	7.45 GB/s
BANDWIDTH 67% READ; 33% WRITE 15W 256B	4.25 GB/s	5.65 GB/s	4.60 GB/s
BANDWIDTH 100% WRITE 15W 256B	2.25 GB/s	3.15 GB/s	2.60 GB/s
BANDWIDTH 100% READ 15W 64B	1.86 GB/s	2.03 GB/s	1.86 GB/s
BANDWIDTH 67% READ; 33% WRITE 15W 64B	1.06 GB/s	1.41 GB/s	1.15 GB/s
BANDWIDTH 100% WRITE 15W 64B	0.56 GB/s	0.79 GB/s	0.65 GB/s

DDR FREQUENCY	2666 MT/s
MAX TDP	15W	18W
TEMPERATURE (TJMAX)	≤ 83°C (85°C shutdown, 83°C default) media temperature
TEMPERATURE (AMBIENT)	48°C @ 2.4m/s for 12W
TEMPERATURE (AMBIENT)	43°C @ 2.7m/s for 15W